Patents Represented by Law Firm Greer, Burns & Crain, LLP
  • Patent number: 8220283
    Abstract: An ice making and storing system which may be mounted in a refrigeration appliance. The ice making and storing system includes an ice making mechanism, a removable ice storage receptacle positioned adjacent to the ice making mechanism, an insulated cover for the ice making mechanism with a portion engageable with the ice storage receptacle to provide a thermally tight seal between the cover and the ice storage receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Eric R. Meyerholtz, Richard A. Webster, Dawn M. Kracker, Patrick J. Boarman, Gary W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 5934554
    Abstract: A thermostat control having improved user controls wherein an analog version contains a binary coded switch for selectively setting a setpoint temperature. The binary coded switch is configured to have discrete positions corresponding to a plurality of setpoint temperature settings. It contains, among other things, a resistor network configured to produce a setpoint signal indicative of the binary coded switch position and a setpoint adjust switch for setting the binary coded switch position. Also, digital version having a man-machine interface port, wherein point information from a controller can be viewed and modified with the thermostat control device controls when a hardware passkey is inserted into the man-machine interface port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Charles, Christopher Wojtowicz, Kenneth F. Wolfinger